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Lib. z. Of the Hiiforie of Plants. 10^7 
infomuch that diuers Italians haue lent forforae plants of our Artichokes, deeming them to be 
of another kinde ; neuerthelefle in Italy they are fmall and dry as they were before. Eutn io it bap- 
neth to this Ferula, as vve haue faid. This fotefaid ftalke diuideth it felfc toward the top into di- 
ners other fmaller branches, whereon are fet the like leaues that grow next the ground, but much 
lefTer. At the top of the branches at the firft budding of the flouresappeare certainc bundles in- 
clofed in thin skins, like the yolkeofanegge, which diuers call Corculum Ferula, ox the little heart 
of Ferula ; which being brought to maturitie,opcn themfelues into a tuft or vmbel like that of Dil, 
of a yellowifli colour : after which come the feed, in colour and faihion like thole of the Parfnep, 
but longer and greater, alwaies growing two together, fo clofely ioyned, that it cannot be difeer- 
ned to be more than one feed vntill they bediuided : the root is very thicke and great, full ofacer- 
taine gummic iuyee, that flovveth forth,the root being bruifed, broken, or cut ; which being dried 
or hardned, is that gum which is called Sagapemm, and in fome fhops Serapinum. 
1 There is likewife another fmaller Feru- 
la like vnto the former ineach refpeft, foiling 
that it is altogether leffe : the root likewife be- 
ing wounded yeeldeth forth a fop or iuyee, 
which when it is hardned is called Galbanum 
of the Alfyrians, OMetopium. 
I haue likewife another fort fentmee from 
Paris, with this title F erula nigra ■, which pro- 
fpereth exceeding well in my garden , but dif- 
ference I cannot findeany from the former, fa- 
that the leaues are of a more blacke or fwart 
colour. 
$ 3 I know not where more fitly than in 
this place to giue you the hiftorie of that Fe- 
rula or Ferulaceous plant that Dodtnxus, Label, 
and others haue fet aoiyne vnder the name of 
Panax c^fclepium. The ftalke hereof is flen- 
der, a cubit high, crefted andioynted, and 
from thefe ioynts proceed leaues bigger than 
thofe of Fennell , and alfo rougher , and of a 
ftrong fmell : at the tops of the branches grow 
vmbels of yellow floures : the feed is flattifh, 
like that of the other Ferula : the root long, 
white, and of a ftrong fmell. This growes na- 
turally in Iftria. £ 
The Place, 
Thefe plants are not growing wilde in Eng- 
land 3 1 haue them all in my garden. 
^Tbe Time. 
They floure in Iune and Inly ; they perfect 
their feed in Septembe^not long after, the 
ftalke with his leaues perifh : the root remai- 
neth frefh and greene all Winter. 
«[ The Names. 
' The firft is called in Greeke = in Latine, Ferula : in Italian, Ferola : in Spani Shfananheia 
inEnglifhjHerbe Ferula, and Fennell Gyant. 
tjp The Temperature. 
Thefe plants with their Gums are hot in the third degree, and dry in the fecond. 
The Venues. 
The pith or marrow, called Corculum Ferula, as Galen tcacheth, is of an aftringentor binding A 
. qualitie, and therefore good for them that fpit bloud, and that ate troubled with the flix. 
V iefcorides faith, that being pqt into the nofthrils it ftayeth bleeding, and is giuen in W ine to B 
: thofe that are bitten with Vipers, 
It is reported to be eaten in Apulia rofted in the embers, firft wrapped in leaues or in old clouts, C 
with pepper and fait 3 which, as they fay, is a pleafont fiveet food, that ftirreth vp luft, as they re- 
^ The feed doth heate, and attenuate or make thinne : it is a remedie againft cold fits of an Ague, D 
by procuring fvveat, being mixed with oyle, and the body anointed therewith. 
A dram of the iuyee of Ferula which beareth Sagafcmm, purgeth by fiegc tough and filmic ‘hu- E 
J ' mors, 
